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UPDATED: Two Children Ejected from Minivan in Morning Crash

Two 4-year-old brothers in stable condition after two-car collision

 

Two 4-year-old children were injured after they were ejected from the back of a minivan in a morning crash at the intersection of Route 9 and Barnegat Boulevard North this morning, police said. 

A Dodge Caravan driven by Travis McCurdy, 18, of Toms River was headed south on Route 9 at about 8:40 a.m. when he failed to stop for a red traffic signal at the intersection with Barnegat Boulevard North/Bayshore Drive, said Lt. Keith Germain of the Barnegat Township Police Department.

McCurdy’s vehicle entered the intersection and collided with a westbound Chevrolet Uplander minivan driven by Monica Villavicencio, 39, of Barnegat. 

The force of the crash caused Villavicencio’s two 4-year-old sons to be ejected through the rear window of the minivan, said Germain. The children had been unrestrained in the vehicle, he said.

The children could not be airlifted because of heavy fog conditions, but they were transported by Quality Medical Transport to Southern Ocean County Medical Center, where they are currently listed in stable condition, Germain said.

Neither driver was injured in the collision.

McCurdy was issued a summons for failure to observe a traffic control device, while Villavicencio was issued summonses for unlicensed driver and two counts of failure to use a child restraint, said Germain.

Mark Morrison

4:09 pm on Thursday, November 10, 2011

Why weren't the children buckled in car seats or booster seats? Isn't that common sense?

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Danny

5:00 pm on Thursday, November 10, 2011

Neither one had any common sense. Wonder if the mother even has any car seats. She should be charged with child abuse.

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denise bernal

4:34 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012

yes my mother does have car seats and they were in the car seats duh

beaches

5:26 pm on Thursday, November 10, 2011

Are you kidding me? God Bless those 2 children.

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denise bernal

4:35 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012

yes i know god did bless my little brothers and everyday i thank god they are so healthy and good thankyou

suz

6:27 pm on Thursday, November 10, 2011

Stupid! Thank goodness the kids are okay. Hope the mom learned a lesson here.

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Jim

7:01 pm on Thursday, November 10, 2011

I doubt she learned a lesson. She certainly didnt learn from whatever she did to lose her license in the 1st place and STILL drove without that AND without carseats. The mother and the idiot not watching the light both get the beavis and butthead award here.

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denise bernal

4:37 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012

she never had a licence ilegal duh!! thats what hard working mexicans do everyday sir

Bud Boomer

10:22 pm on Thursday, November 10, 2011

Terrible situation both drivers were at fault for different reasons and two innocent children paid the price, Glad they are in stable condition because this story could have ended in total tragedy.

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susieq

10:34 am on Friday, November 11, 2011

Ok, the Mom is driving her kids around without a license and does not have her four year olds in a car or booster seat, that is simply just idiotic!!!! They werent even seatbelted in the car, really???? All she got was a summons? I'm sorry but the Mom needs to seriously look at herself and hopefully read all these comments so it knocks some sense into her.

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Bud Boomer

12:35 pm on Friday, November 11, 2011

Sorry but the facts are there they were not restrained in the seats maybe if they were none of this would have happened and both drivers are to blame, The kid for running the red light and the mother for not exercising proper safety protocol for children.

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Jim

3:21 pm on Friday, November 11, 2011

If your mother wasnt on the road illegally driving, she wouldnt have been in an accident.

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susieq

7:07 pm on Friday, November 11, 2011

First of all, no one is "Talkin Mess" on your Mom. You say your Mom's kids have booster seats, were they in those seats? So you are saying that they were ejected from the car when they were properly restrained? So tell us then the real story if the Patch is incorrect! Was she unlicensed and driving? I am simply commenting on the facts that the "Patch" has reported. If true, then instead of making excuses, own up to it, apologize and learn a lesson!

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Catherine Galioto

8:27 pm on Friday, November 11, 2011

Posts containing obscenity are a violation of the TOS. Those posts are automatically deleted. Don't make them. Thanks.

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Kristie

9:33 pm on Friday, November 11, 2011

Let me just say I'm glad the 2 boys are doing well, as for the child restraints, I myself have raised 4 boys my youngest being 2 years of age. He as well as all my other children have climbed and unbuckled himself on numerous occasions while driving!! so to say the mother didn't have them properly restraint is obserd!! Children unfasten straps belts etc. all the time adults do it too!!! when your driving you cant just swing out of lanes to buckle them back in, Especially where her lane of travel was at the time of her accident! im sure everyone who has children or grandchildren they experienced them climbing out of there seats u don't know what happened unless you were there, so stop listening to media reports and just to throw a little in there My children happen to pass the scene of the accident and car seats and/or booster seats were ejected from the van as well because my children were upset to know there were children envolved in the accident! I think this family has suffered enough knowing they could have lost there children and to hear such comments come from outsiders is wrong!!learn the facts on your own not from what u read in news reports to make them get a fatter paycheck !at least show some compassion for the family! Bless Monica and her 2 boys I wish them a speedy recovery!

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7:02 am on Saturday, November 12, 2011

it still doesn't excuse the fact that she was driving without a license. She broke the law. If she had not driven, we wouldn't be writing about any of this now. She was wrong, plain and simple.

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make a difference

8:30 am on Sunday, November 13, 2011

i also raised 4 children and if your child unbuckles them selves, you pull over immediately and if they do it again. its called a spanking, because you never know when an accident will happen any time a child is unrestrained is illegal, furthermore, a 4yr old should be in a car seat still not in a booster... thats the law

Randal Graves

12:39 pm on Saturday, November 12, 2011

Yo yo coolio dont ya talkin mess on my momdizzles for rizzles git dat shizzles sorry couldn't resist

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Kim Havemann

5:49 pm on Tuesday, November 15, 2011

parents are starting to get worse and worse by the day . how sad

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